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©tbcr /IDcMirwnl Gclcbritics. 



'■ do iuil llie luintsiiKii wake iliein with iheir horl■.^i." 



Midsummer Nisht's Dream, act h, scene i. 



']'heie are a few more beaglers, whose merits and position in tlie Hunt 

 demand that tliey should not be passed over without reference untlc-r iliis 

 heading. Our old friends Jamics CiuF.KN and John CiiiiHOXs were members 

 for thirty years, and well deserved the compliment paid them on their 

 resignation of being made honorary life members. Tiie former, unfortunately, 

 in later years did not often go out with the hounds, and was therefore little 

 known to the majority of the present mcnibers ; but Gibbons to the last 

 often came out to the meets, and was always present at the annual dinners, 

 where his quaint and caus::ic remarks enlivened the proceedings. 



Joiix U. CuNXiXGiiAM, who joined in 1868, was a noted runr.er in his 



time, and excelled in negotiating high and strong hedges by rolling over 



them. He succeeded Colonel King in the command of the ist Cheshire 



R.V. Battalion, and retains the command to the present day. Though he is 



no longer a member, we trust his son will some day take his place in our 



ranks. 



Turn out the guard at onco, 



And wake up Ensign Cunningham •/■' 

 Don't stand idling there, 



But do your best at running, man. 



John M. Semple. This man also, in his time, was a noted runner, 

 untiring at any distance. He joined in 1869, and was soon appointed by the 

 Master to be one of the whips of the Hunt. This post he filled satisfactorily 

 to everyone, never siiirking his duty, but being particularly fond of going 

 after " skirters or lingerers."' He was a favourite with all, from the Master 

 to the newest member, and all were sorry when the exigencies of business 

 caused him to relinquish his Saturday afternoon's beagling. 



G. H. Eaton was a good beagler when he joined in 1S70, but after 

 some years he left the club and did not rejoin till 1886, thus losing his 

 seniority. But for this interval he would now have been junior to only 

 two members, Newton and .Stevenson. Since he went to reside at Raby 

 House, where he rents the surrounding shooting, there has always been a 

 good supply of hares in the vicinity, and whenever we meet there, which 

 we frequently do, there is a double certainty of what " Old King " used to 

 call " a sure find," that is, a hare for sport, and afterwards a hos])itable 

 welcome to a comfortable tea. On these occasions, reg.irdless of the 

 weather, there is a goodly company of young ladies, and the daughters of 

 our host eagerly fuUow the chase, taking keen and intcUigMit interest in 

 the sport. 



* Old camp song. 



